Ham radio operator Frank Krizan of Texas, who spends his summers in Scarborough, performs "Hunt and Pounce," a method of scanning the radio band for stations waiting for a turn to call them, during ...

Two years ago, in my home state of Kentucky, we had a devastating tornado that traveled nearly 200 miles, leveled towns, killed scores of people, and left widespread devastation. When emergency ...

While mushers tackle rural trails, volunteers work to maintain timing and safety across the U.P.

A ham radio setup is pictured at Learned Hall on the KU campus as part of a national ham radio field day, June 26, 2010. Local amateur radio operators will be setting up temporary transmitting ...

Ham radio, especially the HF bands, can be intimidating for aspiring operators, many being put off by the cost of equipment. The transceiver itself is only part of the equation and proper test and ...

The small room near the top of the USS Kidd is tight, with just about enough room for a ham radio and, at a stretch, four people. For ham operators Pam and Jeff Welsh, it's all the space they need. On ...

What are ham radios? In short, ham radio operators are amateur radio enthusiasts who communicate with one another via radio frequencies assigned specifically to this community by the Federal ...

Rick Bressler leaned over a laptop with flashing radio frequencies and a list of communications with far-flung countries — Wales, Bosnia-Herzegovina and dozens of others — his ham radio setup in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. When wildfires tore through parts of Altadena and the Palisades in January, many amateur radio operators lost more ...

Radios and walkie-talkies may seem like relics from your childhood, but nothing can quite compare to the convenience and simplicity of a pair of two-way radios. The freedom from reliance on a cellular ...

I was disheartened to read Burt Fisher’s disparaging comments on amateur radio in the March 16 Opinion section. As an active member of the ham radio community and president of my local amateur radio ...